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Volume 6, Issue 12 June 20, 2014

Next Issue 7-3-14 Deadline for entries

6-30-14

Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green

E-Newsletter

Upcoming Services

Sunday, June 22, 9:00 a.m.

Contemplative Service The Reverend Peter Connolly

Teachings on Love #25 by Thich Nhat Hanh

Sunday, June 22, 11:00 a.m. Ecological Land Ministry and Unitarian Universalist Values

Jan Garrett Efforts are underway at our church to put ecological land management methods into practice. What established UU principles, spiritual resources, and values stand behind this new direction?

Sunday, June 29, 9:00 a.m. Contemplative Service

The Reverend Peter Connolly Teachings on Love #26 by Thich Nhat Hanh

Sunday, June 29, 11:00 a.m.

Reproductive Morality Janeen Grohsmeyer

Sex, religion, politics... we're not supposed to talk about these at the dinner table. Abortion and

contraception involve all three, and they're not easy to talk about, either. Come join us as we thoughtfully

consider the intertwining of morality and reproduction.

A Memorial Tribute

Mary Ann Johnson’s mother, Irene Mary Johnson, made rare snapshots of WLS National Barn Dance artists at the Mahnomen, Minnesota, County Fair during 1937 and 1938. These famous artists included Gene Autry, Red Foley, Patsy Montana, Pat Buttram, and many others. Irene Mary Johnson placed these rare pictures in an album, and Mary Ann found the collection among the items her mother left. The album has been preserved in replica copies, and they are available to members of the Bowling Green Unitarian Universalist Church, with net proceeds going to the memory of Mary Ann Johnson. For further information, see Erika Brady or Nolan Porterfield, who regularly attend our church.

A BIT OF HISTORY MIGHT LOOK GREAT ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE

The Adult Forum Our current DVD series is Biology and Human Behavior. The summaries below are by the lecturer.

June 22, 2014. Lecture 16. Prenatal Environment and Genes as Determinants of Behavior

Some scientists assume that if we observe a behavior before there are probable environmental influences, it must be genetic. Some animal and human cases seem to support that view. But environment does not begin at birth. A fetus shares a circulatory environment with its mother and her environment. Hormonal events in the mother’s body can affect the offspring. Nutrients delivered to the baby through the mother’s bloodstream can do so too. Besides, once an auditory system develops, the fetus is able to hear.

The placental boundary prevents some hormones from getting to the fetus but others get through. A rodent fetus gets bathed with hormones from its nearest sibling; as a result, hormonal events can depend on whether the sibling next to it is of the same sex. Female rodents exposed to a large amount of male hormones during development will start ovulating at a later age than average and will become infertile earlier. They will evidence more rough-and-tumble play as rat pups. Stress hormones secreted by a mother during pregnancy can affect fetal development too. Long-lasting effects are observable in brain development, cognition, and emotion. Stress during pregnancy can also produce “non-genetic” inheritance of traits between parent and offspring.

Food availability in the outside world shows up as nutrient levels in fetal circulation. Prenatal malnutrition produces “thrifty metabolism” in fetuses, expressed later in life in increased probability of hypertension, obesity, and other debilitating conditions. Effects can extend to the third generation.

When a mother reads to her unborn baby, her voice resonates inside and the fetus senses the rhythm and meter of sounds being read. Babies can recognize the difference between new books and books read to them during the last three months of prenatal development.

Most people misunderstand what it means to say that a trait is X percent heritable. What does this phrase really mean?

June 29, 2014. Lecture 17. Ethology—An Introduction

Ethology was founded on the insight that an animal in captivity rarely behaves normally. Hence, to really understand an animal’s behavior it is good to study it in the context of the animal’s natural setting, not only in a cage or laboratory.

Ethology developed as a counterbalance to behaviorism, which held that all behavior could be shaped by reward and punishment. It didn’t matter much whether the subject was a pigeon, a rat, or a boy. The founders of ethology understood that “an experiment should be like a conversation with an animal…but in [its] own language.”

The Adult Forum meets almost every Sunday, 10:00 am - 11:00 am in the Emerson Room at the UU Church. Please arrive on time so we

can “check in” with each other before starting the DVD. That should give us enough time for discussion after playing the DVD segment we

plan to talk about.

The first question the ethologists asked was always “What’s the behavior?” They tried to describe fixed action patterns (FAPs) and determine the adaptive value of the behavior. They also tried to determine the “trigger” or releasing stimulus of the behavior. Finally, they tried to figure out the innate releasing mechanisms that produced the behavior. Part of their research concerned the role of learning.

Ethologists tried to refine the earlier notion of instincts for aggression or maternal behavior, to break them down into FAPs, or packages of narrow, explicit behaviors. FAPs are expressed in the absence of learning but they are shaped by later experience. The lecturer discusses examples of FAPs in squirrels, vervet monkeys, and humans.

Study by ethologist of the adaptive value of particular FAPs have led to surprising discoveries, e.g. that bee dances communicate to other bees the location of honey.

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These notes were abridged from summaries provide by the lecturer.

Volunteers Needed for We need a group of hard-working and dedicated volunteers for our cleaning crew. We hope to assemble a group of seven volunteers to help clean the building the second Saturday of each month for two hours.

Can you help out as a volunteer or volunteer coordinator? Do you know someone who can? If you are not in a position to help the church with a financial pledge, this offer of service might be an excellent opportunity to give back to this wonderful community.

Those tasks which need to be done include the following: Maintain cleanliness of kitchen; empty all trash containers and remove trash to exterior garbage container; mop, sweep and/or vacuum all floors and stairs as needed; clean windows, mirrors and door glass as needed; keep exterior walkways clean and clear; dust as necessary, clean sanctuary chairs as needed; set up tables and chairs for coffee hour and potluck; report to Buildings and Grounds chair or cleaning coordinator if there are problems or a need for additional supplies. We express our deep gratitude to the members of the R.E. Committee (Janarae Conway, Sonja Byrd, Andrew Gregory-Mabry, Susan Rigsby & Michele Steiner) who have pledged to clean the R.E. classrooms and facilities areas.

If you can help, please let us know. Contact Becki Davis (615.870.2756) or Judy Tabor (270.791.7093).

Thank you for your consideration.

Yoga Every Wednesday at

5:30 p.m. In the Fellowship

Hall

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Contemplative Service Schedule:

June 29th—Roxanne Spencer July 6th—Pam McKenzie

Contemplative service is on Sundays

from 9am to 10am

Hospitality News

Potluck will be on June 29 sponsored by our

Finance Committee. Please join us after the service.

As usual, please let families with children through the line first.

The Hospitality Committee would like to hear from you! What do you like about the refreshment time after the Sunday service, and what could we do to make this time together more appealing? Share your suggestions with Hospitality Committee members Becki Davis (chair), Pam Broz, Diane Lewis, and Annie Silva

Refreshment providers needed! Please sign up on the bulletin board outside the sanctuary, two volunteers per Sunday. Instructions are provided – you simply need to arrive around 10 a.m. to complete preparations before the service begins.

Contact Becki Davis or email to beckiggdavis@gmail.com for more info.

i� June 22 – Nancy and Jan Garrett and Diane Lewis

June 21 International Folk Dancing Canceled

Hope to see you all July 19th!

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JUNE’‛S THIRD SUNDAY BENEFICIARY:

Thanks to your generosity, we collected

$348.00 for this worthy cause.

~Your Social Justice Action Committee

$264.00 was added to the church coffers from our collective support of the Kroger card program. Thanks to all who helped us reach this goal.

If you do not have a Kroger card and would like to participate in this program, please contact Michele Steiner.

Don’‛t forget to buy and use your Kroger

Gift Cards

MAY’‛S THIRD SUNDAY BENEFICIARY:

Thanks to your generosity, we collected

$420.56 for this worthy cause. ~Your Social Justice Action

Committee

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What’s Happening in Religious Exploration

About Our Program RE classes take place during Sunday service, from 11:00 am to approximately 12:15 pm, in the Fellowship Hall lower lever. Children (grades K-5) should be dropped off before service by a parent. Youth (grades 6-12) should report directly to the Youth RE classroom at 11:00.

This summer, children will continue to have regular classes on most Sundays. These will be taught by parent volunteers. Youth classes will not be held over the summer months – youth are encouraged to attend regular services in the sanctuary.

More information is available on the brochure table in the church foyer.

If you have questions or concerns, contact the RE Committee Chair:

Susan Rigsby ser29@scrtc.com

June 22 – To be determined, parents watch for an e-mail June 29 – Jennifer Gonzalez will be teaching. We will be reading selections from Thich Nhat Hanh's book, Mindful Movements: Ten Exercises for Well-Being, and talking about how mindfulness and meditation can help us in our daily lives. July 6 – No RE

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To see t he sum m er sky

To see t he sum m er sky

Is p oet ry t hough never in a b ook it lie - -

True p oem s f lee- -

-Em ily Dickinson

5:30pm Yoga

6:30pm Meditation

12:00pm Women’s AA– Tiger Lilies

5:00pm Membership Committee

5:30pm Buildings and Grounds Committee

7:00pm Sunday Services Committee

Calendar of Events June 2014

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Ken Kuehn President

Jennifer Thomas President Elect

Mechelle Knight Treasurer

Michele Newcomb Secretary

Sonja Byrd Past President

Eric Bain-Selbo Member-at-large

Lisa Dalporto Member-at-large

Peter Connolly Minister, ex-officio Meets on the 4th Wed. of the Month, 6:00 p.m.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Buildings and Grounds 1st Tuesday, 5:30 pm Judy Tabor, Chair

Caring Dates and times vary Katrina Phelps and Michele Newcomb, Co-chairs

Children’s R.E. Dates and times vary Janarae Conway, Chair Committee Leadership Council 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm Every other month Lisa Dalporto, Chair

Committee on Ministry 3rd Wednesday, 6:30 pm Matt Foraker, Chair Communications As announced Susan Rigsby, Coordinator Endowment Committee As announced John Downing, Chair Finance 2nd Tuesday, 4:00 pm Kerry Kenady, Chair Hospitality 2nd Wednesday, 5:30 pm Becki Davis, Chair

COMMITTEES

OFFICE HOURS

Mon-Fri, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. MINISTER’‛S HOURS

Tues -Thurs, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Newsletter Design and Production Tammy S Ferrell

Copy and Line Editor

Rev. Peter Connolly

OFFICE MANAGER Tammy S Ferrell

R.E. TEACHERS

Youth:

Matthew Sheffield

MINISTER Reverend Peter Connolly (270) 904-0433 church;

(270) 392-9212 cell revconnolly@gmail.com

(Rev. Connolly is on vacation during the month of July)

Children:

Lauren Bell

NURSERY CAREGIVERS

Magnolia Gramling And

Laura Beth Fox

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Lay Congregation Committee

Dates and times vary Katrina Phelps, Chair

Library Committee Dates and times vary Sharon Crawford, Chair Membership 1st Thursday, 5:00 pm Ann Groves, Chair Nominating Committee Dates and times vary Michele Newcomb, Chair Personnel Committee As needed Katrina Phelps, Chair Sunday Services 1st Tuesday, 7:00 pm Meagan Harris and Tim Kercheville, Co-chairs Stewardship Dates and times vary Ken Kuehn and John Forman, Co-chairs Social Justice Action 2nd Tuesday, 5:00 pm Claudia Hanes, Chair

Youth Group Dates and times vary Michele Steiner, Advisor

Getting the Word Out

To make church-related announcements about upcoming meetings and events, Committee chairs may use any of the following venues:

x� Bi-weekly E-Newsletter, contact Tammy S Ferrell uuofficemanager@mw.twcbc.com

x� Sunday Bulletin, contact Katrina Phelps

x� Inserts for Sunday Bulletin, prepare and insert them

x� Church bulletin boards, anytime

x� Press Release, for a major event write a press release and give it to the Communications Committee to distribute

Committee chairs should review their announcements by the due date in the bi-weekly E-Newsletter. See page 1 for the due dates. Periodic reviews and news of each committee’‛s activities is a must to keep our members informed of what is happening or has happened during the week.

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Bowling Green, KY 42101

Living by the 7 Principles

2033 Nashville Road Bowling Green, KY 42101

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